Can”t take your eyes off: TOP 20 films about survival
Powerful adrenaline rushes and vivid emotions await you. Tired of comedies and tearful melodramas? Then you are here.
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Survive at any cost
- “Survivor” / The Revenant (USA, Hong Kong, Taiwan, 2015).
Finally, Leo”s first Oscar-winning film shows what courage and desperate resistance can do when life ends prematurely. Hurt and betrayed by his friends, Glass makes it to the end. Even if he had to take a nap in the open belly of a fallen mare.
- “The Jungle” / The Jungle (Australia, Columbia, UK, 2017)
Based on true events, this film follows a group of young men who go on an exploration mission into the Bolivian jungle. The fun ride quickly turns into a game of survival as our heroes disappear one by one. Who can survive? Who will be swallowed up by the Bolivian jungle forever?
- The Road (USA, 2009)
Animals and plants died as a result of the cataclysmic changes that hit the planet. They have to live on the remaining canned food or eat other survivors. Will the main characters, a father and his little son, be able to reach the end and not become someone”s lunch?
- “Through the Snow” / Snowpiercer (South Korea, Czech Republic, 2013).
Seventeen years ago, a man-made disaster occurred that took away all living things. There are no more forests and gardens. Only white snowstorms and thick ice. The survivors, divided into castes, are sheltered in high-speed train cars. And while the elite are having fun in the first carriage of the train, the poor are forced to eke out a miserable existence in the back of the train. One day the latter”s patience comes to an end.
- Hidden (USA, 2014)
Ray, Claire and baby Zoe have been living in a bomb shelter for almost a year. A dungeon with concrete walls becomes their new home, in which only memories of their former life remain. The desire to return to normal life continues unabated. For example, strange sounds on the surface.
- 127 hours / 127 Hours (UK, USA, France)
This thriller is perhaps one of the most famous films on this topic. James Franco stars as Aron Ralston, a real-life mountaineer famous for his unquenchable thirst for life. When Aron’s hand was crushed by a huge stone, he made a volitional decision — he cut it off himself with a dull Chinese knife.
- The Mountain Between Us (USA, 2017)
Ben and Alex urgently need to get to New York, but, unfortunately, all flights are cancelled. They hire a small plane. During the flight, the pilot has a seizure and the plane crashes into a mountain. A doctor and a journalist team up and develop a plan to get out of the snow trap on their own. Gradually they realize that the relationship between them is less and less like a business.
- Outcast / Cast Away (USA, 2000).
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The plane Chuck was flying on crashes in the Pacific Ocean. He escapes on an inflatable raft and becomes the only survivor. While Chuck spends his time in exile, he must rethink his entire life, bury people, learn how to make fire and kill more than a dozen coconuts.
- The day after tomorrow / Day After Tomorrow (USA, 2004).
How do you imagine an environmental disaster? Drought? Raging water elements? Ice age? What if everything is done at once? Cryptologists continue their desperate attempts to save the planet while searching for their son, who disappeared in icy New York.
Charlie is a pilot who delivers supplies to the most remote settlements in the tundra. Having agreed to deliver a sick girl from a local tribe to the hospital, he could hardly imagine what his heroism would entail. A plane crash, an arctic desert, a companion who doesn”t even know how to speak English — not a very promising start.
- 3096 days” / 3096 Tage (Germany, 2013).
The film is based on the autobiography of Natasha Kamsch, an Austrian who was kidnapped at the age of 10. She spent more than eight years in prison.
The film received high praise from critics and audiences, but at the same time caused mixed reactions from many. A photograph of a German prisoner sentenced to prison in Kolyma is indicative. Behind them is the NKVD, located thousands of kilometers away, and an endless thirst for freedom.
- “White prisoners of war” / Into the White (Norway, Sweden, France, 2012).
Hostility, but no one wants to die. The crews of German and British aircraft must join forces to survive in the deep forests of Norway. From hatred to partnership — one step at a time.
10 films about survival based on real events!
- “The Hunger Games” / The Hunger Games (USA, 2012).
With power and money in your hands, ordinary entertainment soon loses its appeal. We increasingly want to notice. For example, putting on a survival show where dozens of people die every year. Bread and glasses, gentlemen! Food.
- “The Old Man” / Shahr (Kazakhstan, 2012).
The film tells the story of a small family living in the steppe. The ability to forgive, setting priorities correctly, adoring loved ones, and the conflict with an insatiable thirst for wealth are the key themes of this thriller.
- “Vertical Liming” / Vertical Limits (USA, Germany, 2000).
This film tells the story of a group of climbers buried alive at the summit of the second-highest mountain in the world. Six desperate madmen are assigned to save them. Who will win this game—the rescuers or the killer avalanche?
- “Gravity” / Gravity (USA, Mexico, UK, 2013).
During the flight, a disaster occurs, and the shuttle is destroyed. Veteran astronauts Matt Kowalski and Dr. Ryan Stone are left alone in the vastness of space. Their connection to Earth is lost, as is all hope of rescue. Can there be a happy ending under such circumstances?
- Into the Wild (USA, 2007).
After graduating from university, Emory decides to donate all his money to charity and go hitchhiking. Two years later, Emory has become a completely different person on the website. Different life experiences, different outlooks on life, and a different personality.
- “White Prisoners of War” / 8 Below (USA, Canada, Antarctica, 2005)
Faced with unforeseen circumstances, three expedition members are forced to abandon their dog sled due to the vastness of Antarctica. Now, four hairy daredevils must survive on their own in the icy wilderness, never losing hope of one day being rescued.
- Buried (Spain, UK, France, USA, 2010).
Tapophobes fear being buried alive, a fear that affects many people worldwide. Perhaps for them, the film will be especially difficult and chilling. The protagonist is a man who one day finds himself conscious in a dark, creaky, and strange confined space somewhere..
